Re: st: RE: PH207x Health in Numbers

[Marcello Pagano <pagano@hsph.harvard.edu>]

We are busily creating the content right now, Matt.
We hope to make the course as self contained as possible, so there is no 
textbook required (modern!)
We do have leads throughout to (free) web sources.

So far we have "lectures" that may last from a minute to fifteen, or so.
These chunks are followed by active exercises, including applets and use 
of Stata, before the next chunk.  So there is no sleeping while you 
listen to a two hour lecture!
At the end of a topic, a collection of chunks and activities, there are 
homeworks that get sent back to be graded.
There are also "guest lectures", or video, interspersed throughout the 
course of people who have carried out important studies in the area.
The exam schedule we are debating still, but there should be one at the 
end with maybe another one at the middle?
It is *not* just a collection of videoed lectures, nor a collection of 
slides.

We are quite excited by this--I view it to possibly have an impact on 
education similar to the one the free library had in the nineteenth 
century. (Not our course, of course, but the free movement in general!)  
It is also great to have StataCorp collaborate.

m.p.



On 9/26/2012 10:09 AM, Habiger, Matt wrote:
> Marcello thanks for the link! This looks like a good course. What sort of course content will be used (textbooks, assignments, video lecture, exams, etc...)? I wasn't able to find that information on the website.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt Habiger
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:36 AM
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> Subject: st: PH207x Health in Numbers
>
> Dear Listers,
>
> On October the 15th edX is launching a course, PH207x: Health in
> Numbers: Quantitative Methods in Clinical & Public Health Research, which is based on introductory biostatistics and epidemiology courses taught at the Harvard School of Public Health.
>
> https://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/PH207x/2012_Fall/about
>
> The course relies heavily on Stata, lasts 12 weeks, has no prerequisites other than basic algebra and a willingness to work, and you may register for free.
>
> m.p.
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> p.s. You may recognize one of the instructors.
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